by Ron DeLord | Oct 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Unions
New Orleans firefighters have agreed to a deal with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu that resolves nearly $100 million in legal judgments and addresses the firefighters’ pension fund, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiation. The source, whose...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
We last checked in with Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) last July, when the board that reviews police shootings and other misconduct in the city fired Lorenzo Davis, an investigator who until recently had received only positive performance...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 13, 2015 | Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions, United Kingdom
Widows of police officers are to visit Downing Street to campaign against pension rules they say force some of them into “a life of solitude”. Under current rules in England and Wales, the pensions of thousands of police officers would be cancelled if they died and...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 13, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
GUEST VIEW Mr. Average was a Chicago firefighter who retired last year. His wife worked outside the home, as in most families today. Ms. Average taught in a Chicago suburban school and she retired last year, too, when both of them were 58 years old. Mr. Average worked...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
It pays to retire from an Inland Southern California government job, an open-records advocacy group says. Many retired Inland public employees receive pensions far exceeding the typical full-time Inland worker’s annual salary, according to a study released today by...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Merced County supervisors heard residents and sheriff’s deputies plead Tuesday for new money to raise salaries they say are needed to retain senior officers, urging board members to live up to campaign promises to support law enforcement and fight crime. The...
